Free tools for your shop
I run an embroidery shop in Raleigh and I build the tools I sell here. These are the free versions of the references I keep beside my own machines. Join the list once and this page is yours. New free tools land here first.
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What is on the shelf
Pricing Cheat Sheet
What to charge, on one page. The quick version of the method behind my pricing calculator, with the costs most shops forget.
Test Stitch Checklist
A design stitched out badly? Run this two minute check before the real garment, and know whether the problem is your setup or the file. Includes the exact message to send your digitizer when it is the file.
Thread Break Check Order
Thread breaking mid run? Check needle, thread path, and speed before you ever touch the tension dial. The order matters, and tension is last for a reason. The full order is printed below, free, no signup needed for this one.
Free Pricing Calculator
The browser version of my embroidery pricing calculator. Price one job properly before you quote it.
Startup Checklist
Starting a shop? The whole sequence in order, on one printable page: paperwork, equipment, practice, pricing, and first customers. Eighteen steps, check them off as you go. It is the take home version of my startup guide.
Thread break check order
Thread breaking mid run? Check these in order before you touch the tension dial. Tension is almost never the first problem, and changing it first just gives you a second one.
Needle
Good for 8 to 10 hours of stitching, then it is dull. A dull or burred needle causes most breaks that get blamed on tension. Run a fingernail down the shaft. If it catches, swap it.
Thread path
Look for a snag, or a guide it jumped out of.
Speed
Drop to about 600 SPM and watch what is actually happening.
Tension, last
Half steps, with a test stitch between changes. One change at a time.
I am Felipe. I run Triple Thread Customs, an embroidery and DTF shop in Raleigh, NC, and I have built tools and solutions professionally for 12 years. Everything on this shelf is the free version of something I use at my own machines.
The tools on this page are free. The full references, the Embroidery Companion, the calculators with quote builders, and Shop Suite Pro, live in the shop when you are ready for them.